…but now I'm not so sure

Friday letters – the mid February edition

Dear baby sparrows, I was quite surprised to see you this week – are you sure you are not a bit too early?

Dear robins, I hope you find the nesting box we have just put up for you. I still feel a bit guilty about demolishing your proposed nest site in our old shed last year.

Dear car, You are looking so much better now that you have been washed.

Dear driver of a red car, I could hardly believe my eyes when I was behind you as you waited to make a right turn. Down came your driver’s window and out came a coffee takeaway cup which you threw onto the road, closely followed by another one. Why do you think this is acceptable behaviour?

Hi Elaine, yes, these Fridays come around quickly.
Your red car driver is exactly the kind of dillop I tend to rant about from time to time. Total discourteous behaviour if you ask me. The thing is, I doubt they even care.

I think you are right that the driver wouldn’t have cared at all, but I often wonder what his reaction would be if people were to go to his home and drop their coffee cups in his garden, or beside his front door. I bet he wouldn’t be too happy about that!

You are absolutely right about the car and rain. Even though I have left my car at home (where it only rained briefly after the car was washed) while I visit my mum, the rain has come with me – it has been pouring solidly since I arrived yesterday morning. Oh dear.